[Steve_Seattle]

"And it's a very sad state of affairs that paying cash is seen as a suspicious act,"

But the fact is that it IS suspicious to pay for large purchases in cash. I had a guy doing work on my house - about $10,000 worth - and he wanted to be paid only in cash. Do any of you libertarians think he had any intent other than fraudulently avoiding income tax? It is not easy, necessary, or safe to carry around large sums of cash to conduct routine business transactions, and to do so should arouse suspicion.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

But the fact is that it IS suspicious to pay for large purchases in cash. I had a guy doing work on my house - about $10,000 worth - and he wanted to be paid only in cash. Do any of you libertarians think he had any intent other than fraudulently avoiding income tax?

Which says more about the failures of income tax than anything else. You're right that it may be suspicious to pay cash, but like I said, it's a sad state of affairs that has brought us to the point that it is suspicious.

[rattrap]

It is not easy, necessary, or safe to carry around large sums of cash to conduct routine business transactions, and to do so should arouse suspicion.

Here, let me help you with that.

It is not easy, necessary, or safe well within our rights to carry around large sums of cash to conduct routine business transactions, and to do so should not arouse suspicion.